I'm beginning to sense a theme here...

I am becoming more aware at how straightforward a person I am; either that or I simply don't like the things that people say to 

get misconstrued. Again there I was reading an editorial about how a republican said one thing and how an assumed democrat

 completely ran away with it. 

 In Eileen Smith’s blog, in the Pink, she expresses her slight outrage that Mitt Romney referred to women as “binders”. 

Not just that but apparently he claims to “keep binders of women”? I watched that same debate that night and unless my 

cable provider was able to drastically edit the debate that I viewed, I am going to once again have to completely disagree with 

what a liberal is saying. 

 I, for one, understood Romney to say that he questioned the inequality shown in his cabinet and worked to get it fixed. What 

about thinking literally here and seeing binders as nothing more than a device to keep pieces of paper organized, pieces of paper 

that have individual women's information. Hmm, that seems to be a legitimate explanation for the phrase "binders full of women".

Ok, so maybe saying that you approached several women’s groups in search of some qualified candidates seems a bit silly.

(And by silly, I mean you’re trying too hard to impress some people.) However, in the grand scheme of things, does it really 

matter where one goes to ask for help? It shouldn't. The point that everyone should walk away from this remembering is how 

Romney was an advocate for women in the workplace. Now, whether these women earned just as much as the men is a 

detail that I am unaware of; so don't color me completely red just yet. 

 My biggest concern, or annoyance, is the pattern I’m seeing emerge. The one  where the conservative voices an 

opinion and then the liberal plucks a phrase out of that and twists it into something that suits them. I can't help but think 

that that’s all this other blogger has done, capturing the minds of other liberals and making them believe, even more, just 

how “evil” republicans are.

Religion and Politics

Let me begin by saying that I don’t necessarily think that religion and politics can be separated; unless you are someone who doesn’t have any religious views at all. Most people’s beliefs about morals and how this country should be are rooted in a religion of some sort. Typically, these views align with the religion you were raised in.

While I do agree with this editorial and how religion is very much a part of the public arena; I do not believe that that’s what Governor Perry meant.  In his quote he states that, “…one of the untruths out there is that people of faith should not be involved in the public arena.” (To read the entire quote and article, visit DallasNews.com) Let’s dissect this quote for a minute: should not are the words used, he doesn’t say that they are not. My interpretation is that Gov. Perry is expressing how there are those in this country who do not believe that the two subjects should be linked. In fact, he specifies that this belief is an “untruth”, leading me to believe that he himself feels differently. While the editorial sets out to prove that religion and politics are very much intertwined, and I think that was accomplished, it actually doesn’t address the quote that is included. In fact, the second paragraph explains how Gov. Perry meant that there are people, namely “secularists and leftists”, that are trying to keep the two separate.  The reality, it’s true; there are those out there with that belief and although I don’t agree with it they are entitled to the opinion.

So the reason for this article in the first place? My first conclusion jumps to how the author may not be a particular fan of this state’s governor. Maybe these words are meant to draw in people who, like me, believe that the two are linked but don’t take the time to interpret what the governor actually says.